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	Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN (Red List) Status	Vulnerable (VU) See IUCN account.
CITES	No CITES Listing
Other International Status	None
National Status	None
Regional Status	None

Description

Ikakogi tayrona can be identified by the following combination of characters: 1) vomerine dentition absent, 2) bones white in life, 3) color in life green to pale green, 4) snout rounded when viewed dorsally, sloped and truncated when viewed laterally, 5) skin is dorsally granular, 6) ulnar and tarsal folds small, 7) males have a large humeral spine.

Adult females reach 28.2-30.8mm SVL, males reach 28.2-30.6mm SVL. Head as wide as body, but wider than long (head width 34.8-38.7 % SVL). Nostril-eye distance is 52.8-83.9 % eye width. Nostrils protuberant and oriented anterolaterally. Eyes not visible around border of snout when viewed ventrally. Sypratympanic fold thick and very well defined. Vomerine dentition absent. Length of tibia is 51.9-58.6 % SVL.

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Colombia

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It is known from the northern part of the Sierra Nevade de Santa Marta, depertment of Magdalena, county of Santa Marta at altitudes from 980-1790m. It was collected on vegetation approximately 2-3m above the ground bordering breaks in the forest.

Possible reasons for amphibian decline

General habitat alteration and loss

References
 

Duellman, W.E. (1979). ''The herpetofauna of the Andes: patterns of distribution, origin, differentiation, and present communities.'' The South American Herpetofauna: Its Origin, Evolution, and Dispersal. W.E. Duellman, eds., Monographs of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 7: 371-459.  

Lynch, J.D. (1981). ''The idnetity of Hylopsis platychephala Werner, a centrolenid frog from northern Colombia.'' Journal of Herpetology, (15), 283-291.  

McDiarmid, R.W. and Savage, J.M. (1984). ''Taxonomic status of the frog genus Centrolenella Noble (Anura: Centrolenidae).'' Journal of Herpetology, (18), 213-215.  

Ruiz-Carranza, P.M. and Lynch, J.D. (1991). ''Ranas Centrolenidae de Colombia II: Nuevas especies de Centrolene de la Cordillera Oriental y Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.'' Lozania, (58), 1-26.  

Werner, F. (1894). ''Über einige Novitäten der herpetologischen sammlung des Wiener zool. vergl. anatom. Institut Zool. .'' Anzieger, (17), 155-157.

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